Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Lewiston, ID

Lewiston is a city in and the county seat of Nez Perce County, Idaho, in the state's north central region, and with 34,203 residents at the 2020 census it is the twelfth-largest city in Idaho.

The 2020 census counted 14,176 households in Lewiston, and the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 61,476 in 2020.

Lewiston was founded in 1861 in the wake of a gold rush that began the previous year near Pierce, and it is believed to have been named after Meriwether Lewis, who camped at the site in October 1805.

The city was incorporated by the Washington Territorial Legislature in January 1863, and in March 1863 Lewiston became the first capital of the newly created Idaho Territory, holding the distinction until a resolution moved the capital to Boise on December 7, 1864.

Lewiston sits at the confluence of the Snake River and the Clearwater River, and the lowest point in the state of Idaho is on the Snake River at Lewiston.

The Port of Lewiston is Idaho's only seaport and, at 465 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean, the farthest inland port linked to the Pacific Ocean, with about ten percent of United States wheat exports transiting through the port.

Lewiston is home to Lewis-Clark State College, a public undergraduate college whose Warriors baseball team has won 19 national titles.

Ammunition makers CCI and Speer Bullet are headquartered in Lewiston, and Clearwater Paper's pulp and paper mill, which began operations in late 1950, is the largest employer in the city's manufacturing sector.

Community events in Lewiston include the Dogwood Festival in spring, Hot August Nights in late summer, and the Lewiston Roundup rodeo in September.

The heavily residential southern half of the city, known as The Orchards, was formerly unincorporated and was annexed in late 1969, nearly doubling the city's population and area.